Lethal Scheme
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #184 · Illustrated by Tuan Duong Chu
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Oracle text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked this spell connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Format legality
All 13 printings of Lethal Scheme
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marvel Super Heroes Commander msc #157· 2026Surge Foilrare· Cardmarket €0.21 | rare | $0.27 | — | €0.21 | |
Marvel Super Heroes Commander msc #353· 2026Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.69 | rare | $1.10 | No foil printing | €0.69 | |
Secret Lair Drop sld #2187· 2025Borderlessrare | rare | $7.51 | — | — | |
Final Fantasy Commander fic #277· 2025Surge Foilrare· Cardmarket €0.21 | rare | $0.28 | — | €0.21 | |
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander tdc #184· 2025rare· Cardmarket €0.32 | rare | $0.25 | No foil printing | €0.32 | |
Fallout pip #185· 2024rare· Cardmarket €0.25 · €0.54 foil | rare | $0.36 | $1.01 | €0.25€0.54 foil | |
Fallout pip #464· 2024Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €0.80 · €0.68 foil | rare | $1.38 | $0.86 | €0.80€0.68 foil | |
Fallout pip #713· 2024Surge Foilrare· Cardmarket €2.23 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $2.72 | €2.23 foil | |
Fallout pip #992· 2024Extended ArtSurge Foilrare· Cardmarket €1.82 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $2.89 | €1.82 foil | |
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander lcc #201· 2023rare· Cardmarket €0.34 | rare | $0.34 | No foil printing | €0.34 | |
New Capenna Commander ncc #36· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.65 | rare | $0.39 | No foil printing | €0.65 | |
New Capenna Commander ncc #137· 2022Extended Artrare· Cardmarket €1.07 | rare | $1.43 | No foil printing | €1.07 | |
New Capenna Commander Promos pncc #36p· 2022Promorare· Cardmarket €12.01 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $10.25 | €12.01 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 13
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #1,268 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Connive, Convoke
- Artists
- Néstor Ossandón Leal, Iron Maiden, Daniel Correia, Tuan Duong Chu, Mirko Failoni
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander card (#184).
0184 · TDC · R · EN
- 0184Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- TDCSet code for Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (11)
April 29, 2022
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives" will trigger.
April 29, 2022
Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
April 29, 2022
You can't tap more creatures to convoke Lethal Scheme than it takes to pay for its total cost. This means that normally no more than four creatures can convoke it.
April 29, 2022
When multiple creatures are instructed to connive simultaneously, they connive one at a time in the order of their controller's choice.
April 29, 2022
If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter.
January 12, 2024
When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
January 12, 2024
Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
January 12, 2024
If a creature you control has a mana ability with
in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
January 12, 2024
Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
January 12, 2024
You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
January 12, 2024
Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for
or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
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